Definitions

1. noun

A photographic print made from an original negative, especially one made to test the print quality or to correct an error in the original negative.

“The photographer made several apotypes to compare the color balance in the final print.”

2. noun

A type of photographic printing process, especially one in which the image is formed on a light-sensitive material by the action of light through a negative.

“The laboratory uses an apotype process to print the images from the negatives.”